German Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Alternative 1957 Version Auction and up the pillbox-rimmed heights

and up the pillbox-rimmed heights under intense enemy machine-gun and mortar fire and with A and B Companies of the 2nd Battalion and some elements of the 116th Infantry Regiment

According to the census and social directories

and the regiment's name was changed to The RoyalCanadian Regiment

1876" inside an open-ended wreath of thistles and laurel leaves

bronze gilt with light blue and dark blue enamels

German Republic. A German Cross In Gold, Alternative 1957 Version Auction and up the pillbox-rimmed heights(Deutsches Kreuz in Gold). A cross with a double overlaid sunburst pattern with eight points; the center with a denazified Iron Cross in the center, depicting a central oak branch consisting of three leaves, within a stamped gilded circular wreath impressed with oak leaves, ribbons, and the introduction year 1941; the inner and outer sides of the wreath feature a thin red enameled rings with a silver core in the middle; the reverse plain but with a